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  2. List of retronyms - Wikipedia

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    Analog watch: Before the advent of the digital watch, all watches had faces and hands. After the advent of the digital watch, watches with faces and hands became known as analog watches. [1] Analog recording; Conventional, classic, or traditional Describes devices or methods that have been largely replaced or significantly supplemented by new ones.

  3. Watch (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Watch, an English noun referring to those who engaged in watchkeeping or watchstanding Vigla, a Byzantine regiment often translated into English as the "guard watch" or "watch" Watch system, the system used for rotating crew duties at sea; Watchman (law enforcement), law enforcement officer

  4. Alternative terms for free software - Wikipedia

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    In the 1950s to the 1990s software culture, the "free software" concept combined the nowadays differentiated software classes of public domain software, Freeware, Shareware and FOSS and was created in academia and by hobbyists and hackers.

  5. Quartz clock - Wikipedia

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    It is also possible for quartz clocks and watches to have their quartz crystal oscillate at a higher frequency than 32 768 (= 2 15) Hz (high frequency quartz movements [4]) and/or generate digital pulses more than once per second, to drive a stepping motor powered second hand at a higher power of 2 than once every second, [5] but the electric ...

  6. Watch - Wikipedia

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    In watches sold for timekeeping, analog display remains very popular, as many people find it easier to read than digital display; but in timekeeping watches the emphasis is on clarity and accurate reading of the time under all conditions (clearly marked digits, easily visible hands, large watch faces, etc.).

  7. Automatic quartz - Wikipedia

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    Automatic quartz is a collective term describing watch movements that combine a self-winding rotor mechanism [1] (as used in automatic mechanical watches) to generate electricity with a piezoelectric quartz crystal as its timing element. Such movements aim to provide the advantages of quartz without the inconvenience and environmental impact of ...

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    In some types of writing, repeated use of said is considered tedious, and writers are encouraged to employ synonyms. On Wikipedia, it is more important to avoid language that makes undue implications. Said, stated, described, wrote, commented, and according to are almost always neutral and accurate.

  9. Cinephilia - Wikipedia

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    Cinephilia (/ ˌ s ɪ n ɪ ˈ f ɪ l i ə / SIN-ih-FIL-ee-ə; also cinemaphilia or filmophilia) is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in films, film theory, and film criticism.